{"id":64944,"date":"2001-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-05-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2001\/05\/25\/un-message-aux-amis-a-propos-dinternet\/"},"modified":"2001-05-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-05-24T22:00:00","slug":"un-message-aux-amis-a-propos-dinternet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2001\/05\/25\/un-message-aux-amis-a-propos-dinternet\/","title":{"rendered":"Un message aux amis (\u00e0 propos d’Internet)<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Un message aux amis<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

\tOn parle partout des difficult\u00e9s de l’\u00e9conomie \u00e9lectronique (e-\u00e9conomics<\/em>); on parle aussi de l’\u00e9clatement de la bulle boursi\u00e8re li\u00e9e aux valeurs commerciales d’Internet. Bref, on vous dit qu’Internet est tr\u00e8s malade, apr\u00e8s avoir annonc\u00e9 ce r\u00e9seau d’information comme le messie. Mais cette appr\u00e9ciation est uniquement \u00e9conomique; elle est faite par le syst\u00e8me globalis\u00e9 de l’\u00e9conomie et du profit, qui a lanc\u00e9 Internet pour en avoir des profits imm\u00e9diats, qui s’est pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9 sur la poule aux oeufs d’or et la laisse aujourd’hui groggy<\/em> apr\u00e8s l’avoir d\u00e9pouill\u00e9e de tout ce qu’elle pouvait donner.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tPour nous, bien \u00e9videmment, Internet est compl\u00e8tement diff\u00e9rent, tout \u00e0 fait autre chose. On a par ailleurs (voir notre texte \u00abNotre samizdat globalis\u00e9<\/em>\u00bb, dans cette m\u00eame rubrique Analyses<\/em>) affirm\u00e9 depuis longtemps qu’Internet est un outil exceptionnel pour la transmission d’informations ind\u00e9pendantes, dans une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 la grande presse, — la presse audio-visuelle et la \u00ab\u00a0presse-papier\u00a0\u00bb, — est pour l’essentiel aux mains de conglom\u00e9rats de la communication qui n’admettent de v\u00e9hiculer que les seules id\u00e9es de l’id\u00e9ologie dominante. En ce sens, Internet a \u00e9t\u00e9 un formidable progr\u00e8s pour la pens\u00e9e ind\u00e9pendante, et un effet n\u00e9gatif inattendu de l’initiative prise par le syst\u00e8me globalis\u00e9. C’est le \u00ab\u00a0second\u00a0\u00bb Internet, celui qui n’a que peu de rapports d’orientation avec Internet\/e-economics<\/em>, celui qui est enti\u00e8rement tourn\u00e9 vers la politique, dans le sens de la contestation des d\u00e9marches officielles. (C’est ce second Internet qui a permis, encore r\u00e9cemment, cette ann\u00e9e dans tous les cas, les mobilisations et manifestations de Sao Polo [l’anti-Davos] et de Qu\u00e9bec, contre le \u00ab\u00a0sommet des Am\u00e9riques\u00a0\u00bb.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tLe constat, aujourd’hui, alors que les \u00e9conomistes enterrent (sans doute un peu vite, mais l\u00e0 n’est vraiment pas notre propos) la e-\u00e9conomics<\/em>, est sans aucun doute qu’Internet\/r\u00e9seaux ind\u00e9pendants se porte bien. A preuve de ce constat, le message adress\u00e9 le jeudi 24 mai par le site AlterNet.org<\/em>, qui annonce une nouvelle formule mais surtout donne quelques informations significatives sur la vie de ces r\u00e9seaux. (AlterNet.org<\/em> est un site de la gauche dissidente, extra-parlementaire, am\u00e9ricaine.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tVoici ce message :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\tDear Friend,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWe don’t communicate directly with you very often, preferring to let the<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tcontent we publish on http:\/\/www.AlterNet.org speak for itself. However,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\twe’re proud of some changes we’re about to make, and we want to share<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tthe news with you.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tNext Wednesday, May 30, we will reveal our newly redesigned site, with<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\teasier navigation, new features, more opportunity for action and new<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tpartnerships. We will also shift sending our headlines to you from<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tTuesday night to Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tYou may have the impression that the Internet is on the ropes. That’s<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tthe picture the media is portraying in light of the burst NASDAQ bubble<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tand the failure of so many dot-coms. But nothing is further from the truth.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tInternet access grew by 16 million in the last six months of 2000, as<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\twomen, minorities and families with modest incomes continued to surge<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tonline. The Internet is looking more and more like the rest of America,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tand people are networking, sharing information and provoking debate<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tthere like never before.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWe’re proud to report that AlterNet is at the center of this Internet<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tresurgence. Our traffic has increased 500% over the past six months, and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tour community of people like yourself who receive our headlines has<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tgrown to more than 14,000. Just the other day 43,000 people showed up to<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tread a particular article about the Schmios, a mock advertising award<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tceremony held in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tAs some of you know, AlterNet was the news in March when a provocative<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tarticle by a white writer, Tim Wise, charged white denial in<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tunderstanding the causes of recent school shootings, particularly the<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tone in Santee, California. Striking a powerful chord in the<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tAfrican-American community, the article exploded across the Internet.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tMany people reported receiving it from dozens of friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWise himself received more than 7,500 personal emails. The LA Times,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWashington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and other papers wrote about<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tthe phenomenon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThis is what AlterNet does best — we quickly and nimbly publish<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tprovocative and smart news people can use. A big addition to our new<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tsite is the \u00a0\u00bbContent Files,\u00a0\u00bb which will begin by focusing on five<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tcompelling issues: the drug war, globalization, environmental health,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tmedia conglomerates\/media criticism; and human rights struggles in the<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tUSA. In these Content Files, issues like the one Tim Wise tackled will<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tmake up the weekly mix.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tYou probably agree with us that there is a lot at stake in this<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tpolitical period of regression and insensitivity to values and goals we<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\thold dear. We will work hard to make sure AlterNet is a place for<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tconstructive analysis, information-sharing and mobilization toward a<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tmore humane and informed society.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tAs you may know, AlterNet.org is part of the non-profit Independent<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tMedia Institute (IMI), a public-interest media company. Happily, IMI’s<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tother projects — WireTap, our webzine for socially conscious youth<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t(http:\/\/www.wiretapmag.org); the AlterNet Syndication Service, with 150<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tprint and web clients; and SPIN, which has trained several hundred<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tgrassroots and advocacy groups in communication skills — are all doing<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\twell. You can reach all of them from our frontpage, http:\/\/www.alternet.org.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWe will touch base with you once more on Tuesday with a few more details<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tabout some of the changes you will find on the site. Then Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\twe’ll have our new look and an expanded array of content we hope you<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\twill find stimulating and useful. Please don’t hesitate to write us at<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tinfo@alternet.org. Just put one of our names in the header if you want<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tto reach any of us individually.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThanks for your support,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tDon Hazen, Executive Editor<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tTate Hausman, Managing Editor, Syndication<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tTamara Straus, Managing Editor, Magazine<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tLeda Dederich, Creative Director<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tKelly Virella, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tKristina Canizares, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tAlicia Rebensdorf, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tLisa Zwirner, Business Manager<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tOctavia Morgan, Deputy Director, IMI<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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